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I know that viruses are not part of the newsgroup scene, but this one is important enough, that I felt like making an announcement, to keep someone from getting burned. DO NOT open any e-mails that say "Merry Christmas" in the subject line. It will probably be coming from someone in your...

Went up to touch some clouds today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHC-s9cl8cE Using the same technique in creating my last video, put the camera on the glareshield and pretty much set it and forgot it. While I was VMC, I did capture some "forward" scenery. Great day for flying, tops were...

A pilot buddy who works for a law firm has rattled my cage over renter's insurance and liability. Do you renters feel the need to pick up supplemental insurance? If so who did you use and how much did it cost you? Here's his comments: You should talk to me about FBO insurance too. Unless your...

One chapter down (basic aerodynamics), nine more to go. Lots of highlighting. Good thing that I bought that new 4-pack the other day. So far, so good. I've had a few "Um...I have no idea" thoughts as I read through and attempt to answer the questions. I definitely plan to read through relevant...

So I've seen. An impressive set-up. And I think it's good that you expose real pilots to the potential of simulation. Even pilots who love to fly for real cannot necessarily do so as often as they might like, and simulation is a way to help hold off symptoms of withdrawal. This is a...

Hello, I am a professor of digital media and am currently working with students on techniques for visualizing information systems. I was hoping that someone could help me find out if there are maps out there somewhere that might notate the following information: -Airlanes (skylanes...is that the...

Cessna is now selling the Columbia 350 and 400 as the Cessna 350 and 400. If you want to order one, talk to me. :-) Seriously, 350 and 400? Might be a little confusing for the owners of certain twins. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor

Funds hedging against oil price rise, recession Pardus Capital Management LP made headlines last month as it urged a merger between Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. The hedge fund owns 7 million shares of Delta (2.4 percent) and 5.6 million shares of UAL (4.6 percent). Read the full article...

There is one among us who has repeatedly said he does not drink alcoholic beverages. This will explain everything. Ben Franklin said; in wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/weather/chi-weather_webdec10,0,7708189.story?coll=chi-entertainment-utl Nothing like freezing rain to throw a wrench in the gears. I'm familiar with the normal chaos of O'Hare -- I simply can't imagine what it's like with 400 cancelled flights. You couldn't pay...

Another runway collision missed by seconds http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/12/13/todd.airport.near.misses.cnn And the FAILED Aviation Administration continues their march toward disaster "FAA unable to go on camera" Duh, I wonder why???

Haven't seen this posted yet and not hits on Google (sorry for the repost if I missed it). For those wondering where their nearest WAAS approach procedure is: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/gnss/approaches/index.cfm# Marco

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My one year old Sigma-tec vacuum pump went out the other day, blew a hole in the case. This unit was supposed to be good for 2000 hours or five years. The company is going to warrantee it with a standard pump. They said they made the changes and have the other units on back order waiting for...

http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=071128xracer-main Looks deadly, looks fun. Somebody build me one of them, I'll volunteer to fly it ;-)

Check out the Geographic Midpoint Calculator: http://www.geomidpoint.com You can do different things with it like finding the midpoint for two or more cities, and it has a fast LatLon lookup for millions of cities, towns, addresses and other places. You can view the midpoints plotted on a Google...

Looking over ads for used aircraft, I occasionally see a combination of a Garmin 430 GPS with a MX-20 mfd. What does the MX-20 display provide (other than size) that you don't get with the Garmin 430?

I threw out the Wiki on Dudley Henriques to MX on r.a.s. and then read this: "During the early sixties, flying a Mustang, he patented a three point reverse roll to knife-edge tactical pitch-out approach that became a trademark manoeuvre." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Henriques Well,...

Have you come across something that's arcane, anachronistic or just plain useless in your travels through the regs? Well, the FAA says it wants to know about it. The agency has issued a Review of Existing Regulations that invites anyone with a beef about how the law of the air is now set to drop...